Apparatus for teaching by ear the rendition of musical compositions



Patented Dec. 20,1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. GREEN, OF BAYARD, VIRGINIA.

APPARATUS FOR TEACHING BY EAR THE RENDITELON'. OF MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS.

Application med December s, 1925. serial No. 74,007.

has as its object to provide means whereby talented persons of all ages, or those who even possess no'talent for music, may readily develop their talents or acquire knowledge atY a minimum expenditure of money for instruction,`so that one who has had .little or no instruction in music may, without any knowledge of musical notation, learn, by ear, the particular part which he orvshe is to sing or play either as a solo, or in a duet, trio, quartet, chorus, or other musical composition in two or more parts or voices.

In the accompanying drawings:

`Figures 1 to 6 inclusive illustrate phono-Y graph records which are employed in carry- 2Q ing out the principles'of the invention.

The invention contemplates the dprovision of a lurality of phonograph recor on each of w ich there has been recorded a singing vor playing part of a musical composition.

For example, the records shown in Fi ures alto, tenor and baritone parts of a choral- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, represent the soprano, ass,

composition, or these several records may constitute phonographic records of instrumental arts of a purely musical composition. T e record shown in Figure 6 constitutes a phonographic record of the choral composition or musical composition embracing any two or more of the recorded parts constituting the records shown -in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, it being understood that a selection of the records shown in Figures 1 to v5 inclusive will be made in accordance with the number of voices or instruments which it is desired to utilize inthe rendition of the composition.Y

It will now be evident that by employing the principles ofthe invention, those who have had no training in music, either vocal or instrumental, may, in a short while, learn to properly render an part of a musical composition embraced in the assemblage of records disclosed in the drawing, so that the renditions of great artists may be imitate?. eitherl with or without'instrumental accompaniment where the records constitute vocal parts. Therefore, those who are interested 1n churches, public schools, street quartets, and any other indoor or outdoor concerts,` may take part in the same without the expense incident to a thorough training in musical notation. f

The invention may well find embodiment in a form in which one artof a musical composition may be recbr ed on one side of a phonograph record and the entire composition recorded on the other side of said record. V

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

` 1. Means for teaching by ear a musical composition in a plurality of parts or voices comprising a plurality of phonographic records each being of a separate part of said composition and another phonographic record of said composition in its entirety.

2. A set of plionographic records for teaching by ear a musical lcomposition ina plurality of parts or voices comprising one or more records each being of a se arate part and another phonographic recor of a combination of the parts.

3. A disk phonographic record having on one side a record of a single part of a musical composition in two or more parts and on the other side a record including two or more of said parts in combination.

4. In means for teaching by ear a musical composition in ail-plurality of parts the combination of a phonographic record of one of said parts with a phono raphic record of said composition -in its entirety.

JAMESA. GREEN. [1.. a] 

